Immigration Reform - America’s Voice

Posted 11/18/08 at 11:39am

Tweet

On NPR, Frank Sharry lays out new landscape for reform

On yesterday's NPR Morning Edition, reporter Jennifer Ludden took a few moments to turn conventional wisdom on immigration on its head:

In recent years, political advice on immigration in both parties has gone something like this: "It's the third rail of politics." "The less said, the better." "If you say anything, talk tough."

She cut to America's Voice Executive Director Frank Sharry:

"What the election showed is that the conventional wisdom on why immigration reform is too hot to handle is wrong..."

(Watch out: conventional-wisdom-shattering may be addictive).

Just take a look at the numbers we've been predicting for months now:

More Hispanics than ever voted, and they voted 2-to-1 for Obama over McCain. Sharry says Latino support was decisive in helping deliver the swing states of Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado and Florida. And polls show it was the immigration issue - specifically some in the Republican Party who demonized illegal immigrants - that helped drive Latinos to the Democrats.

Even in states line Virginia and Indiana, not traditional Latino states, Latino voters helped to turn those states blue.

"The large, vocal anti-immigrant vote that has hijacked the Republican Party - they have a lot of bark but not a lot of bite," Sharry says. "They couldn't turn elections."

Where's the proof?

During the election, Immigration08.com tracked close races where immigration was an issue. Well, nineteen pro-reform candidates beat enforcement-only candidates in twenty-one battleground house and senate races across the country. The latest report, The GOP: Fenced in by Immigration, details how the immigration issue became a big fat loser for the Republican Party.

Ludden went on to analyze how the economic downturn could affect prospects of passing immigration reform, speculating that there may be fewer low-skilled jobs created- but countered with comments from Craig Regelbrugge of the American Landscape and Nursery Association:

Still, even if there's no support for bringing in new workers, Regelbrugge sees an argument for legalizing agricultural workers already in the United States. Seventy percent of them are believed to be undocumented, and he says these jobs do not disappear in a bad economy. Regelbrugge says efforts to find Americans to take agriculture jobs have failed, but each immigrant worker supports three to four other U.S. workers. 

"So to the extent that Freida the fertilizer salesperson or Chuck the cheese factory worker are worried about their own well-being, so too they should be worried about Miguel the milker and Pepe the peach picker," he says. "Their jobs are here together, and if the production moves, the American jobs move, too." 

In other words, if ‘Pepe' gets booted out, Joe's ‘plumbing' business heads South of the border, too (or across the ocean, as the case may be).

The good news is...

The latest polling shows that, even with a deflated economy, voters are more likely to support immigration reforms that move undocumented workers out of the shadows and onto the tax rolls.  Common sense solutions that aid the economy and fix our deeply dysfunctional immigration system are a win-win.

Add to all this the growing power of the Latino and Immigrant Citizen Vote, and the failure of anti-immigrants at the ballot box,  and you've got yourself a no-brainer.

• By Web Team
• Permalink
• Send to a friend
• Comments
• 

• Tags
• America's Voice
• Immigration '08
• Comprehensive Immigration Reform

  « All Blog Posts

Have you ever considered adding more videos to your blog posts to keep the readers more entertained? I mean I just read through the entire article of yours and it was quite good but since I’m more of a visual learner,I found that to be more helpful well let me know how it turns out! I love what you guys are always up too. Such clever work and reporting! Keep up the great works guys I’ve added you guys to my blogroll. This is a great article thanks for sharing this informative information.. I will visit your blog regularly for some latest post.

• 03-11-09 By Plastic Patio Furniture(web)

Here is good way to gain Online Degree now you can get Online Degrees and Online Phd more ccna, cisco, mcitp training, MCSE training and Life Experience Degree and and online degree programs aqwe

• 06-08-10 By MCSE Training(usa)

There are lots of free download sites over internet. You can download wallpaper, icon or clipart pictures to desktop. You can play online games or listen to audio. When you are bored with games or music you can watch video or video clips from youtube. If you want your own website, you will need web hosting and web template. Your hosting provider may provide template and clip art too. (18)

• 09-23-10 By best hosting

Its really a good article. This site is so helpful. I want to know some other information about this post. So please give some other information about this side,Thanks.

• 11-26-10 By Lincoln Fuel Pump

asus eee pc 900ha ac adapter12v 3a   asus eee pc 900hd ac adapter12v 3a   asus eee pc 900sd ac adapter12v 3a   asus eee pc 901 ac adapter12v 3a   asus eee pc 904ha ac adapter12v 3a   asus mini eee pc ac adapteradapter   asus eee pc 1000e ac adapter12v 3a   asus eee pc 1000xp ac adapter12v 3a   asus eee pc 1000h ac adapter12v 3a   asus eee pc 1000he ac adapter12v 3a   asus eee pc 1000hc ac adapter12v 3a   asus eee pc 1000hg ac adapter12v 3a   asus eee pc 1000ha ac adapter12v 3a   asus eee pc 1002ha ac adapter12v 3a   asus eee pc 1002he ac adapter12v 3a

• 12-16-10 By dell ac adapter(ca)

UCVHOST has changed the face of web hosting industry in a major way, people were paying gold for peanuts (and it is still happening). cheap hosting has become synonym with UCVHOST, anybody and everybody who wants a reliable and affordable domain web hosting visits UCVHOST and gets either windows vps or Linux hosting from UCVHOST. UCVHOST sells cheap hosting WITHOUT hidden terms and conditions where as competition has huge MSA and SLA’s which are good enough to confuse a seasoned lawyer also. For clients by now Business with us for the value of cheap vps windows vps became very critical piece of puzzle for their whole operation, uptime and performance became a huge concern.. However it came with a cost, dedicated servers proved to be at least 100 times expensive in comparison to any windows or Linux plans. Somewhere in the labs engineers were working on splicing raw power of a server into virtual instances, this technology was called as Virtualization also termed as or virtual private servers. Also UCVHOST comes handy when you are looking for remotely hosted and managed FOREX MetaTrader4 terminals. Our forex vps platform is all geared up in fight of pips, our platform support any number of expert advisory (EA) and along with an assure of 100% uptime. Our Virtual Forex Tradng Terminals are well equipped to help you in making money .
258

• 01-24-11 By ucvhost(USA)

Finally time for reform.

• 05-10-11 By Commercial Insurance

I visit this site and acquainted with this.This site publish most useful and valuable article.I read this post and find lot of things.I am really happy for reading and knowing this post. 1234

• 07-01-11 By buy articles(USA)

site publish most useful

• 07-07-11 By storage area network ppt

Frequency response range of 3-20000Hz, Impedance 32 ohms, beats solo hd sale headphones with controltalk sensitivity of up to 108dB, parameters reached the point of terror. In addition, this random different sizes of ear sleeve, headphones sale monster beats solo hd which in its class is very rare, storage box, extension cable is readily available. If you are a dedicated headphone enthusiast, do not miss. Part of the unit with the same ear, beats solo hd earphones but in order to solve the traditional ear headphones listening to music with the outside world can not call the disadvantages of the PTH module is specially designed so the user can at any time when the songs turn on PTH function, listen to outside voices. Not only to ensure safety,beats solo hd headset while increasing convenience. In addition, the ear excellent sound quality, wide sound field, beats solo hd earbuds is the interpretation of vocal and popular music of the weapon. Earphones Frequency range 18-19000Hz, Impedance 36 ohms, sensitivity of 119dB, beats solo hd accessories is worth mentioning that three tiny ear headphones use balanced armature sound unit as a tweeter and woofer, this ear sound field broad, high permeability, low in place, beats solo hd audio giving a feeling of momentum torrential, the king is worthy of symphonic.  Were equipped with an aluminum storage box, beat maker solo hd headphones and feel a strong sense of grades and accessories rich, with large, trumpet sleeve and the memory foam ear pads, very user-friendly.

• 09-21-11 By beats by dr dre headphones on sale